my friend had new rotors and brake pads put on the lex. and now the car vibrates at speeds 35mph and above. however the strange thing is that there is no pulsating shaky feeling when the brakes are used. I've usually seen a shake while braking if the rotors are warped.
what could be causing this ? could the new rotors be bad ? these are bendix rotors. is there even such a thing as bad rotors out of the box ?

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If it's a hub centric wheel, is it sitting flush on the hub?

Sixto
95 S420
87 300SDL

I seem to recall someone having a similar problem that was due to overtorqued lug nuts.

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'97 SL500, 40th anniversary edition

'04 Olds Bravada (SWMBO's)
'06 Lexus ES330
'89 560SL (sold)


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I've seen that problem once when anti-squeal paste was not used. Seems that the pads were moving about enough to make noise when not under pressure. Anti-squeal fixed it.

Also, loose lug nuts (whoops).

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if the wheel weights are the problem ( though 35mph seems low for this ) a vibration through steering wheel points toward a front wheel out of balance.
Feeling a vibration through the seat usually points toward a rear wheel out of balance.

Benz300,

My bro in-law just had his front rotors replaced ('96 Camry) and had the same problem. He had it replaced a 2nd time to no avail. I advised that maybe his bolt were over torqued by the tech (still needs to be checked). If not, have his front end checked (front wheel drive).

The odd thing is that... nothing else was touched except the rotors. Could it be the calipers? hmmmm... What else could it be???

late,

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'87 W124 260E (DD)
98K orig. mi. @7/15
CLK 7-Spoke Forged Wheels
Neuspeed springs/Bilstein Sport
4/3 bump (F/R)

'97 993 Carrera
106K orig. mi.
Always driven like it's stolen